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The mission of the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, the philanthropic arm of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, is to support organizations that make New Jersey healthier. In recognition of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey's 20th anniversary in 2024, the Foundation is offering the Horizon Healthy Communities Grant Program, a one-time special grant program for small, start-up, or newly established nonprofits with a health focus. The program will award 20 grants of $5,000 for general operating support or to assist organizations as they build their capacity and scale programs. New Jersey-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with a focus on physical or mental health and operating budgets of $250,000 or less are eligible to apply. (The Foundation is also accepting applications for its regular Caring grants, focused on preventive programs that promote a healthy lifestyle, and Connecting grants, focused on programs that work to reduce disparities and remove barriers to good health. Deadline: March 1, 2024. Read More

The Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund was established by legislation in 2016 to provide an annual source of matching grants from the state’s corporate business tax for historic preservation projects. The Preserve New Jersey Fund continues the work of the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund (2000-2012) and the Historic Preservation Bond Program (1990-1997). Since 1990, more than $145 million in matching grants has been awarded to worthy historic preservation construction and planning projects throughout the state. For this round, the Trust will be offering Capital, Historic Site Management, Municipal, County, and Regional Planning, and Heritage Tourism Planning grants.

Deadline: April 18, 2024. Read More

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Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, the program supports projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Successful projects demonstrate a specific role for arts, culture, and design as part of strategies for strengthening local communities, ultimately centering equity and laying the groundwork for long-term systems change tailored to community needs and opportunities. All applications must be submitted by one organization and require one partner organization. The applicant/partner pair must include a nonprofit organization and a local government or quasi-government entity. Grants.gov deadline: August 1, 2024
NEA Portal deadline: August 15, 2024 Read More

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation supports nonprofit organizations focused on issues fundamental to economic mobility in low- and moderate-income communities in specific Bank of America markets. In 2024, the Foundation will issue two requests for proposals. The Economic Mobility Focused on Needs of Individuals and Families request for proposals will provide support for programs and organizations working to address the economic and social conditions that influence family stability and an individual’s health, including access to community-based health services, crisis prevention tied to family stabilization, and other poverty-related issues, as well as for programs and organizations building pathways to employment through workforce development opportunities, including education, upskilling, and reskilling programs. For the Economic Mobility Focused on the Needs of the Community request for proposals, areas of interest include affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, and small business resiliency. Deadline: June 21, 2024 Read More

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The Real Estate Gap Financing Grant Program is a $10 million pilot program established to provide grants for real estate development projects located in distressed, eligible municipalities that require gap financing and that address the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The application window for this program will open on Thursday, October 10th, 2024 at 10:00am ET. Please revisit this page for updates and additional information.

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds (CoCBuilds) program targets efforts within CoC geographic areas to address and reduce persons experiencing homelessness by adding new units of permanent supportive housing through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation. The focus is on permanent housing in which supportive services are provided to assist individuals with disabilities, and families where at least one household member has a disability and is experiencing homelessness, to live independently. Deadline: November 21, 2024 Read More